The Bridge City Cardinals won their second straight Bayou Bowl, beating Orangefield 28-7. With the victory the Cards improve to 3-0 and the Bobcats are now 1-2. The Cards defense has only given up 13 points in three games. “They’re playing well right now,” said Defensive Coordinator Chris Theriot. “We’ve got some guys with experience and some National Honor Society guys so we’ve thrown a lot at them to see what they can handle and they’ve continued to respond and execute.” Offensively the Birds have also been consistent with 190 in the air and 269 on the ground, lead by Ashton Sumrall’s 161 yards. QB Hutch Bearden was 13-19 and spread the ball to his three favorite receivers Austin Bellanger, Abraham Munguia, and Hunter Ford. Leading the way offensively for the Bobcats was Mason Manning who rushed for 132 yards on 19 carries and a touchdown. The defense was once again led by Carson Worthy who had 15 tackles, 5 assists, and a sack. BC is off this week and OF hosts St. Louis Catholic out of Louisiana.
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The WOS Mustangs enjoyed their three hour trip home after beating Waco LaVega 35-27 in Madisonville. “The kids played well,” said Coach Hiawatha Hickman. “We beat a good team tonight.” The defense got a pick six from Amyrian Scott and with the score 23-20 WOS at the half, the defense held the Pirates to just one score in the second half as Ja’Cuincy Walker had two picks. Offensively the Mustangs rushed for 340 yds. with Khelvy Jefferson leading the way with 161 and QB Marcus Turner running for 117. WOS will host Episcopal on Friday. They defeated Legacy 28-21.
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A true slugfest saw Deweyville fall to Hardin 13-7. “It was a tough loss but we learned a lot about our team tonight. Hardin is the biggest team we’ll see and we went toe to toe with them,” said Coach Brandon Prouse. The Pirates (2-1) only had the ball on offense five times, including just once in the second half as the teams traded double digit drives. Leading rusher for the Pirates was Hayden Collins with 10 carries for 82 yards and 1 reception for 20 yards. Elijah Milton had 10 carries for 62 yards and 1 TD and Gunner Evans had 10 carries for 61 yards. Deweyville will play at home Friday night against Acadiana.
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Vidor lost to Hamshire- Fannett 53-27 to fall to 1-2 on the year. They’ll have a Bye next week before hosting LCM in the district opener. The Horns put up over 500 yds. through the air as HF improved to 2-1.
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